Articles and comments by Fadi Zanayed, a Moderate Palestinian, about the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Human Spirit Will Overthrow Apartheid Israel

The human spirit has a great capacity for righteousness and
understanding.It sees through the cloudiest
day. It sees through the darkest night. It breaks off the indignities of
injustice. It gives hope to the distraught.

The human spirit knows that Apartheid Israel is not ready for peace no
matter who is Prime Minister. The
structure of the Apartheid Israeli system of government is such that it has to
rule by a coalition government. Thus the weakest link within that coalition has
all the power within that government for if its policies are not adhered to than
the government will be toppled.

There are now at least 6 major parties that will compete in any future
elections for the Apartheid Knesset seats each receiving about 15 seats on
average, with the rest controlled by smaller political parties. The party with
the highest seats is expected to be Likud with only 24, a far cry from the 61
needed to rule alone. Thus any government that will run Israel will have to
have the likes of the Shas Party, whose spiritual leader wants to annihilate
Palestinians, much less make peace with them; or with the Yisrael Beiteinu
Party, whose leader is as fanatical as they come.

It is politically impossible for Israel to want a final peace
agreement with the likes of these extremist parties within any government, either
of which will most likely be a part of any coalition government. With the Kadima
Party and the new unnamed Party likely to be formed by recently turned
politician, Channel 2 anchorman Yair Lapid, not likely to strike a deal with
Apartheid-in-Chief Netanyahu, Likud will have to turn once again to one or both
the Shas and Yisrael Beteinu parties to join his coalition again.

The Parties to the center or left of Apartheid Israeli political ideologies
cannot form a coalition government as the Shas and Yisrael Beteinu parties are
too far right in their ideologies to join the likes of Kadima and Labor. But even if I am wrong and they do join a
government led by Labor or Kadima, then their participation in any government will
conditioned on an adherence to their political ideologies—continuation of
settlement expansion around Jerusalem and in the West Bank which is in effect
death to any two state solution.

But this only brings hope as the human spirit knows that apartheid
cannot be sustained. The divisions in
Apartheid Israel can only lead to the destruction of Israeli form of
government, i.e. the Israeli apartheid system and to the eventual one state
solution.

Briefly, the divisions are within its political system, its divisions
between Jews and Arabs within its mist; its military occupation rule over 4.5
Palestinians while it rules differently the five hundred thousand illegal
apartheid settlers in the West Bank; its
division of cultures: Jews only by-pass roads, different license plates for Jews and Palestinians, an apartheid
separation wall, electronic prison holding fences around Palestinian towns,
restricted entry and exist points dotting the West Bank Palestinian towns, destruction
of Palestinian agriculture, and the humiliating and offensive checkpoints that
are a daily reminder that the Palestinian soul is not free.

These divisions that a politically divided Apartheid Israel
perpetuates each time it has an election only leads to the self-destructive
path that it will eventually succumb to.

Given that the system of government in Apartheid Israel cannot
possibly lead to a final peace settlement, any negotiation with it is a
complete waste of time as Apartheid Israel only wants to delay the inevitable—the
Palestinian human spirit’s desire to be free which will cause Apartheid Israel’s
destruction and the eventual one state solution.

Still Palestinian leaders in Ramallah have caved in to pressures from
King Abdullah of Jordan and to the Quartet members of the United States,
European Union, Soviet Union and the United Nations and have met twice with the
chief Israeli negotiator in Amman, Jordan these past two weeks.

To further entice the Palestinians to continue to negotiate, Chief
Apartheid Netanyahu is about to give the Fatah led West Bank more land to
control. This appeasement mentality is
another delay tactic which is meant to continue the Israeli apartheid
practices. There is no hint that
Apartheid Israel will stop settlement expansion; that it will begin final
status talks on Jerusalem, right of return and borders; or that peace will definitely
come at some real definite time. Rather, Apartheid Israel wants to delay,
delay, delay.

Further, appeasement measures by Chief Apartheid Netanyahu are meant
to destroy reconciliation attempts between Fatah and Hamas and to prevent
Palestinians from seeking international recognition at the UN. It is very likely that pressure upon
President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah Party, to meet with Apartheid
Israeli negotiators is meant to lead Hamas to withdraw from reconciliation with
Fatah. Fatah should not participate in the
schemes of Apartheid Israel and its chief supporter the US.

While I understand that the monetary incentives that the West provides
the Fatah led government in the West Bank are stabilizing to the economy and
political fervor of Palestinians, negotiations with Israel is like burying
oneself in the ground with just enough air, water and food—in essence killing
the human spirit to be free.

The human spirit to be free overcame a British King as American
colonist declared its Independence on July 4, 1776 with the words: “all men
are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.”

The human spirit revolutionized France in 1789 to unshackle the
traditions and hierarchy concepts of the monarchy, aristocracy and religious authority
and bring forth new Enlightenment principles of equality, citizenship and
inalienable rights.

The human spirit brought down apartheid in South Africa.

The human spirit ousted the mighty British Empire from India.

The human spirit completely destroyed the slavery mentality in America
only to revitalize itself and bring forth equality to all men, woman and
children.

About Me

Fadi Zanayed is an author, poet, community activist and an attorney since 1985. A graduate from Loyola University with a B.S. in Managerial Accounting and a minor in Political Science in 1983, he received his law degree from Loyola School of Law in 1985. A Palestinian American whose family originates from Ramallah, Palestine, Fadi Zanayed is an active and proud member of the Arab American community with a long history of community leadership and service. They include: Founding Member of Arab-American Bar Association of Illinois, Inc.; Former Regional Director & Past President, Chicago Chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; Past President of the Chicago Chapter of the Palestinian American Congress; Past National Secretary of the Palestinian American Congress; Past President of the Chicago Club of Ramallah, Palestine; Past Member of the Board of the American Federation of Ramallah, Palestine; Past President of the American Youth Federation of Ramallah, Palestine. He is the author of Cycle of Frustration: A collection of poems about Palestine; and Betrayal, Sorrow and Tomorrow (pen name: Chris F. Wollinks).